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three miles
I’m not a marketing person, so maybe I’m missing something here. But this billboard doesn’t seem like it is the best way to entice weary travelers to leave the interstate and check in to the Holiday Inn Express. Even if the exit *is* only three miles away.
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
photographed 5.28.2022
coffee break
I will always choose a place that looks like this when I’m out on the road and it’s time for some food or some coffee or just a break from whatever else may be going on. And, naturally, I will always bring the camera with me…
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
photographed 5.27.2022
visitor parking
When I was a kid, we’d almost always vacation in Colorado – camping trips, generally planned to coincide with a full moon. One of the regular stops we’d made were fish hatcheries and I have a very specific memory of going to one that had huge cottonwood trees around the parking lot. (Maybe that’s when my love of cottonwoods got started?) I can also remember a particular smell inside the hatchery’s sheds; the way thousands of fishes swam toward our shadows, hoping for food; and how even on the hottest days it was cool and pleasant around the fish.
Going to the fish hatchery last month in Santa Rosa reminded me of those vacations.
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
photographed 5.27.2022
the world’s most unlikely bait stand
I have always been under the impression that bait stands are close to, you know, bodies of water that may contain fish….
near Santa Rosa, New Mexico
photographed 5.28.2022
where you’ll find quality
I am pretty sure that most of my reader(s) are not aware that they could be purchasing their finer menswear in New Mexico. This inventory at this place runs the gamut from golf clothes to summer suits. And don’t forget that they offer service every day.
Clovis, New Mexico
photographed 5.27.2022
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